Air between Kashgar and Urumqi, there are large passenger planes, flying to and from every day, when the tourist season comes, there are also four additional flights per week, which provides great convenience for travelers. There are daily flights from Kashgar to Urumqi, taking off at 21:30 and arriving in Urumqi at 23:00.
Railway Kashgar is the terminus of the South Xinjiang Railway, and the main trains are as follows: K888 departs from Kashgar at 14:42 and arrives in Urumqi at 14:52 the next day; K886 departs from Urumqi at 13:22 and arrives in Kashgar at 13:16 the next day.
Highway Kashgar highway is well-connected, all 12 counties (cities) in the region are open to cars. From Kashgar city to the northeast, there are highways to Kexu, Aksu, Korla, Turpan, and then to the north to Urumqi. From Kashgar City to the southeast, there are highways to Shule, Yingjisha, Shache, Zephyr, Yecheng, Hotan, and then to the east to Dunhuang in Gansu Province and Golmud in Qinghai Province, and from Yecheng to the south to the Ali area in Tibet. From Kashgar City, there is the China-Pakistan International Highway to the south, and to the north and west there are two highways leading to the CIS through the Turgat Port. From Urumqi, take the 5 p.m. evening shuttle bus and arrive in Kashgar at noon on the third day.
Shuttles to other parts of the region besides Kashgar are limited, and transportation is available by renting a car or stopping to catch a passing bus. If you are going to Tashkurgan and Hongqilav crossings, please get a letter of introduction from your organization beforehand (if you have not done so, you can pay ten yuan for a local travel agency to open it on your behalf) and go to the regional public security office on Seman Road in Kashgar to get a border pass (you will need to apply for another border pass to get into Hongqilav when you arrive in Tashkurgan).
Transportation within the city starts at just 5 yuan by cab in Kashgar. From the airport to your hotel, a cab will cost 30 yuan; from your hotel to the airport, 10 yuan; and to the train station, 10 yuan. Outside the city, cab fares are usually 11 yuan.
The Taklamakan Desert, which means "the place where you can't get in or out" in Uyghur, is often referred to as the "Sea of Death". It is located in the center of the Tarim Basin in South Xinjiang, the entire desert is about 1,000 kilometers long from east to west, and more than 400 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 337,600 square kilometers, which is China's largest desert, second only to the Sahara Desert in Africa, and the world's second largest mobile desert.
Among the world's major deserts, the Taklamakan Desert is one of the most mysterious and seductive. The center of the desert has a typical continental climate, with strong winds and sands, large temperature variations, and little precipitation throughout the year. There are frequent sandstorms and sand dunes with peculiar shapes, up to 250 meters high. The most marvelous are the two red and white sand dunes, called the Holy Sepulchre Mountain. The top of the hill has been eroded by wind and formed a "big mushroom". Due to the upward and downward movements of the earth's crust, the sedimentary rocks composed of red sandstone and white gypsum are exposed on the ground, creating a distinctive red and white landscape.
The desert is surrounded by dense poplar forests and willow shrubs along the banks of the Yarkant River, the Tarim River, the Hotan River and the Chelsea River, forming a "green island of the sand sea". Especially across the desert on both sides of the Hotan River, growing reeds, poplars and other sandy weeds, constituting a "green corridor" in the desert, "corridor" within the gurgling water, oasis connected. In the forest belt lived hares, birds and other animals, but also for the "sea of death" added a little vitality. The expedition also found that the desert is rich in underground water storage, and is conducive to development. There is water, there is life, scientific research has overthrown the "forbidden zone of life theory". In the vast Han desert, so far found countless sites of ancient cities, Niya site has unearthed the Eastern Han Dynasty printed cotton cloth and embroidery.